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Tequila and Cookies: Minnesota Leaders Unite for Daycare

12/30/2025

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Minnesota state Senator Julia Coleman (R-Minn.) and House Speaker Melissa Hortman (D-Minn.) helped reopen the Capitol day care center, demonstrating bipartisan collaboration in the Legislature.
They bonded over tequila and Milano cookies in Hortman's office during the process.
Coleman was the first employee of Turning Point USA in Minnesota and is friends with founder Charlie Kirk.
The arrangement underscores cross-partisan ties in Minnesota politics and shows personal connections can exist alongside policy disagreements.

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Minnesota state Senator Julia Coleman (R-Minn.) and House Speaker Melissa Hortman (D-Minn.) helped reopen the Capitol day care center, demonstrating bipartisan collaboration in the Legislature.
They bonded over tequila and Milano cookies in Hortman's office during the process.
Coleman was the first employee of Turning Point USA in Minnesota and is friends with founder Charlie Kirk.
The arrangement underscores cross-partisan ties in Minnesota politics and shows personal connections can exist alongside policy disagreements.